Author: MiHockey Staff
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Miller and Abdelkader: Michigan’s own helping the Wings
By Dave Waddell – The popular parlance is to call players like Drew Miller and Justin Abdelkader plumbers. They’re the hard-working, blue-collar types that fix holes in your line-up. Detroit GM Ken Holland has another word he feels better describes the value of the two former Michigan State Spartans to the Wings. Glue. “They’re guys,…
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Bearded Ice – April 13
In case you missed the memo yesterday, there’s a temporary name change for the blog in honor of the playoffs. Hope you all enjoy how I was able to grow an impressively thick beard, and take the same exact photo for the updated graphics. Quick hits Wings. Predators. Game 2, tonight. Here’s what happened in…
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Bearded Ice – April 12
Figured since everybody throws away their razors this time of year that we needed a temporary name change for the blog… Quick hits Bad bounces and a whole bunch-a penalties were the themes of the Red Wings’ series-opener in Nashville last night. Detroit lost 3-2 to start their playoff campaign in an early hole. However,…
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Red Wings vs. Predators – Game 1
By Michael Caples – The Nashville Predators posted a 3-2 win over the Red Wings Wednesday night to take the early lead in their best-of-seven series. Henrik Zetterberg and Tomas Holmstrom scored power-play goals for the Red Wings, but it wasn’t enough against goaltender Pekka Rinne and the Predators. Rookie Gabriel Bourque’s two goals proved…
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Shaved Ice – April 11
It’s finally time…playoff hockey is here. Quick hits We held off on running Shaved Ice until just a few hours before game-time so that you would have some stuff to read while you’re impatiently waiting for puck drop. Here’s Darren Eliot’s take on the Wings/Preds series. If you’re looking for a breakdown on the match-up,…
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MiHockey’s NHL playoff predictions
MiHockey’s Darren Eliot and Michael Caples give their picks for the first round of the 2012 NHL Playoffs. Western Conference #1 Vancouver vs. #8 Los Angeles DE – Vancouver | MCC – Vancouver #2 St. Louis vs. #7 San Jose DE – San Jose | MCC – St. Louis #3 Phoenix…
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Special DElivery: Wings vs. Preds
Former NHL goaltender and current Fox Sports Detroit analyst/Sports Illustrated columnist Darren Eliot breaks down the Red Wings’ first round series with their division rivals, the Nashville Predators. By Darren Eliot – The Predators face the Red Wings in the playoffs for the third time. They lost in six in 2004 and 2008, but this…
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MiHockey’s 20th annual Banquet of Champions photo gallery
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On April 9, we hosted our 20th annual Banquet of Champions, celebrating all the youth state title winners at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. Here’s a photo gallery of the event. We hope that everyone in attendance had a great time, and congrats once again!
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Shaved Ice – April 10
Greetings, hockey fans. Get excited – the NHL playoffs begin tomorrow and there’s nothing quite like postseason hockey. Brian Kalisher here to discuss that and much more. Quick hits As you’re now fully aware, there’s no Red Wings action to report because they’re off until tomorrow when they take on the Predators in Nashville for…
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Shaved Ice – April 9
This Monday is a little bit more bearable when you consider that the NHL playoffs start on Wednesday. Quick hits Red Wings vs. Predators. With their shootout loss to Chicago on Saturday, the Wings ended up securing the one point they needed to earn fifth place in the Western Conference, and a match-up with their…